enhancing hormones. Scented oils and creams on the nightstand can come in handy for a late-night sensual massage. For a final round of self-indulgence, add to a tray a dish of dark chocolate truffles or a bowl of straw- berries with chocolate dip and whip cream on the bed or nearby dresser. Don’t forget to pair your romantic treats with wine or champagne. Tey key is to make the bedroom about relaxing with
your spouse and reverencing each other is to improve the environment around you, you’ll feel less stressed. And if you’re less stressed, you’re going to be in a better mood, feel safer, more romantic and have greater sex.
Mary Chatman is a romantic deco- rating specialist and founder of Love Life Designs, LLC, a romantic deco- rating and design firm facilitating Atlanta, Los Angeles and New York City. Mary is also a romance and marriage advocate. She has been featured on CBS Better Mornings, Good Day Atlanta, and Every Day with Marcus and Lisa. Mary is also a relationship and romance writer. For more information about Love Life Designs, LLC or to add romance to your abode, visit www.lovelifede-
signsllc.com. ©All Rights Reserved
Massage as an Aphrodisiac © Gordon Inkeles Adapted from Te Art of Sensual Massage
Teaching massage workshops all over the world I’ve run into a familiar problem: “bored” couples that have lived together for years without ever bothering to touch each other’s back, thighs or feet. With touch- ing confined to less than ten percent of the body, the so-called “erogenous zones,” these couples aren’t sati- ated, they’re starving to death. But we soon get past their sensual deprivation because each new massage stroke is like presenting a starving person with a feast. Tere are no special tricks to massage—no hours of
practicing weird techniques—no tedious new vocabu- lary to learn. With a warm quiet place and a bottle of scented oil you can spread pleasure over every inch of your partner’s body. Start with the hands. Everyone is accustomed to
being touched on the hands. We use our hands in whatever we do in life. Tey are the most mobile part of the body. Begin on the back of your partner’s hand. Bend your
fingers around the sides of his hand and be ready to form them to the shape of his forearm as you move up off the hand. Press forward over the wrist in short, hand-over-hand strokes with one hand following close behind the other. Continue moving up the arm in short sequences until you reach the shoulder. If it’s a first massage and your partner is shy about be- ing touched (but may secretly crave it) a few minutes of back massage provides an ideal icebreaker. Straddle your partner’s upper legs. Press down at the base of the spine using the heel of each hand. Press up mod- erately hard along the parallel ridges of muscles next to the spine. Lean forward as you press. Turn at the shoulder blades and return down the sides of the back to the starting position. Anti-gravity effects always put a smile on your
partner’s face. While she is lying on his back, liſt his legs at the ankles and turn them in a small circle, once in each direction. Move slowly. Since the legs rotate from the hips you’re actually elevating nearly half her body. Massage travels well. Te same relaxing sequences
can be adapted to your next vacation, special occasion or workplace break. Be generous in massage. If your partner moans with pleasure, do more of the same. Let the feeling go on.
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